719 CDUS44 KLIX 240702 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 200 AM CDT WED APR 24 2013 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 23 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 82 319 PM 88 1971 80 2 72 1967 MINIMUM 66 539 AM 46 1993 62 4 58 AVERAGE 74 71 3 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.65 2010 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.76 3.48 3.28 7.44 SINCE MAR 1 7.84 8.03 -0.19 15.54 SINCE JAN 1 21.64 18.48 3.16 22.07 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 32 32 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 241 168 73 22 SINCE JUL 1 1130 1277 -147 760 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 6 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 99 106 -7 179 SINCE MAR 1 135 169 -34 387 SINCE JAN 1 167 206 -39 499 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 58 1200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 90 1988 1958 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 44 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 24 2013.........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 734 PM CDT APRIL 25 2013.........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$